Monday, August 18, 2008

At baseball CHN v USA

We're at the baseball fields watching USA v China As soon as we got
out of the subway, we were accosted by scalpers looking to buy and
sell tickets, not sure what the going price is.

We're currently in the bottom of the 7th, they just threw out the
Chinese pitcher for beaning the US batter in the head. The score is
already 5-0 US. There's been some drama, with many arguable calls all
against China. A US player bowled over the CHN catcher in a play at
home plate. That got a lot of boos from the home crowd because you are
actually not allowed to do that in the Olympics (though it's fine in
MLB). When the Chinese manager went to argue with the umpire, he got
ejected. More boos. Also a questionable tagout in the 5th was called
in USA's favor. The beginning of the game, when it was close, was more
exciting. Many people have left already.

The venue itself is nicely set up but the lines for food and toilets are long.

US just scored another 2 runs - now 7-0.

China's pitcher just dropped the ball, score is now 8-0.

--
Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com

No comments: